Surly Bender Clone Help

So I plan on brewing a Surly Bender clone tomorrow and would like to here everyones input. I just downloaded BeerSmith 2 and do not really now how to use it. My main question is are my mash and sparge water volumes correct? I will post the recipe below.


BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Bender Clone
Brewer: Barron
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Brown Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.37 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.24 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.25 gal
Estimated OG: 1.064 SG
Estimated Color: 23.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 31.1 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 86.4 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
8 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 64.0 %
2 lbs Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 2 16.0 %
12.0 oz Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 5 6.0 %
12.0 oz Crystal, Medium (Simpsons) (55.0 SRM) Grain 3 6.0 %
4.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 6 2.0 %
12.0 oz Oats, Golden Naked (Simpsons) (10.0 SRM) Grain 4 6.0 %
0.50 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - First Wort 60.0 mi Hop 7 9.4 IBUs
0.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 60. Hop 8 21.7 IBUs
2.50 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg British Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1335) [124. Yeast 10 -


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 12 lbs 8.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 18.20 qt of water at 164.3 F 154.0 F 60 min

Sparge: Fly sparge with 5.12 gal water at 168.0 F
Notes:
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Bump... Anyone? I want to start brewing this soon..

Pretty close to my mash schedule for my bender clone. I did the Northern Brewer Bender clone.

It's delicious. I don't know how close it is to the original, I've never had it. But damn it's good

I routinely use volumes pretty close to those in my recipes--about 18q mash-in, 2gal boiling mashout, sparge to target volume.

jaycount said:

Pretty close to my mash schedule for my bender clone. I did the Northern Brewer Bender clone.

It's delicious. I don't know how close it is to the original, I've never had it. But damn it's good

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I got the recipe from Northern Brewer and went to Midwest to get my grains. The guy helping me out used the same recipe and had a sample on hand, it was amazing.

I know this thread is 2.5 yrs old but I'm resurrecting it in case anybody else is interested in this recipe. I tasted this beer last month when I was in MN on a trip and fell in love.

I borrowed the following recipe from beersmith:

8lbs Pale Malt (2 row/2 )SRM
2lbs Aromatic Malt (26 SRM)
14oz Medium Crystal (60 SRM) *My LHBS did not have 55 SRM
14oz Special B Malt (180 SRM)
12oz Oats
6oz Chocolate Malt (350 SRM)

.5oz Willamette -FWH (60+ Min)
.5oz Columbus Tomahawk [13.9%] -Boil 60 Min
2.5oz Willamette [4.7%] -Boil 0 Min

Dry English Ale (White Labs #WLP007)

Planning on brewing this Fri, so hopefully all goes well. Surly Bender is a great beer so I'm pretty hopeful I can replicate something comparable! Cheers!

Thanks Boondocksaint! I'm gonna give this a try and add coffee to it. Just went to the brewery 2 weeks ago and had it straight from the tap. Their Coffee Bender is in my top 3. Just built this grain bill and will be brewing it in the next 2 weeks!

I brewed 10 gallons of bender in the fall..."dry beaned" half of it and put it on nitro. awesome.